Historical Determinism Quotes

#1. Abandoned by philosophy, politics, and sociology, historical determinism continues to hold out in formalist art criticism.

Harold Rosenberg

#2. Historical determinism is a recipe for political quietism.

Terry Eagleton

#3. And my worst pains are words I cannot say

Yellowcard

#4. Herein is the evil of ignorance, that he who is neither good nor wise is nevertheless satisfied with himself: he had no desire for that of which he feels no want.

Plato

#5. There is no such thing as a historical fatality; there is only a historical nemesis which punishes those who have hesitated to act when action was still possible.

Erik Von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

#6. Engineering or technology is all about using the power of science to make life better for people, to reduce cost, to improve comfort, to improve productivity, etc.

N. R. Narayana Murthy

#7. In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.

Usher

#8. Whenever we do what we can, we immediately can do more.

James Freeman Clarke

#9. The battle rages eternal, though the race, religion, gender or sexual orientation of those discriminated against changes regularly. Maybe man's need for a scapegoat is genetically programmed into him.

Josh Lanyon

#10. In music she had been always used to feel alone in the world.

Jane Austen

#11. Most people like normality because they feel safe and comfortable around it.

Euginia Herlihy

#12. The measure of action is the sentiment from which it proceeds. The greatest action may easily be one of the most private circumstance.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

#13. History abhors determinism but cannot tolerate chance.

Bernard DeVoto

#14. When I was in kindergarten, I entered a competition and read 52 books in a week.

Tom Rath

#15. Every day I've got to be thankful that I am alive, and you never know - the cliche is, I guess, you could get hit by a bus tomorrow, so you'd better be at peace with whatever you got going at the moment.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

#16. You're my everything. I want to be your everything, too.

Cassia Leo

#17. America means opportunity, freedom, power.

Ralph Waldo Emerson